Research Guides
United States Federal Government Resources: Federal Register
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The Federal Register (FR) is a daily publication containing rules, proposed rules, notices of Federal agencies and organizations, notices of environmental impact statements, executive orders, and other presidential documents. It was first published in 1936.
- Federal Register1936 - present. Free version of Hein Online's content through the Library of Congress.
- Westlaw Campus Research
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Click on Federal Materials tab, then CFR or Federal Register. - Federal Register - GPO1936 - current. Documents available for download in TXT and PDF format.
- FederalRegister.gov1994-current. This born digital version is an unofficial version of the Federal Register produced by the government to provide easy access to documents through the ability to search or browse by agency, topic, and date. The print format version is considered the official version.
- Federal Register, Codification - National Archives1945-1989. National Archives provides on-line access to the Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations included in the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) publication Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders which is also available in print. The Federal Register citation information is included.
- Federal Register, UW LibrariesLast two years in print.
1936-1951 on microfiche, call number M-5002
1952-1983 on microfilm, shelved with M-5002
1984-2002 on microfiche, call number M-5002
1936-current available in print, Gallagher Law Library
About the Federal Register
- About Federal Register - GPOInformation about the Federal Register and the files on GPO's website.
- About Us - FederalRegister.govInformation on the born digital version of the Federal Register, the mission of the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), and accessing the official version.
- A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations PDFThis PDF covers the history, content, citation format, the yearly index, and sources of the full text. PDF from the Legislative Sourcebook courtesy of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.
40 FR 47469
Executive Order 11884, published in the Federal Register (40 FR 47469), modified the seal of the Vice President of the United States.
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